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Electric Bus Boom: Northern Ireland Buying 100 Electric Buses

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The UK’s Translink has announced that it is excited about the Department for Infrastructure providing £88 million in funding to buy 100 zero-emission electric buses as well as EV charging infrastructure to support them. ” Wrightbus will be supplying the […].

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Applied Information announces full C-V2X roadside and onboard units; upgrade to 5G, DSRC buy-back program

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The company also announced it would buy installed Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) RSUs from roadway operators, which were made obsolete by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), as part of any upgrade to C-V2X. Applied Information, Inc., The buyback of installed DSRC units is to help offset the costs of converting to C-V2X.

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Volkswagen to rebrand used car biz, plans future investments – ET Auto

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Second, when Das WeltAuto buys a used car from any other OEM, they get access to the customer data which helps in pitching its own offerings. Volkswagen’s market share in the Indian new car market is less than 2%, but about 30%- 35% of its sales come from exchange programs during new car buying. That’s what we are working on.”

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As Tesla stock rises, House Speaker Pelosi exercises options to buy $2M TSLA shares

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems to have confidence in Texas-based electric car maker Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) as she recently exercised stock options to buy $2 million shares of the company. Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois believes Tesla’s recent price hikes might mitigate challenges brought about by supply chain issues.

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Daimler buying more than €20B of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030

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Daimler will buy more than €20 billion (US$23 billion) of battery cells for electric drive vehicles by 2030, the company announced. Daimler currently has battery cell supply deals with SK Innovation, LG Chem and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL).

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe buys $1.05M worth of stock

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Rivian has openly expressed supply chain challenges affecting its production lines. In its Q1 2022 Shareholders Letter , the company noted that it is experiencing logistics costs caused by supply chain challenges. Rivian stated that supply chain constraints would be a limiting factor to its production. . (Credit: SEC).

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United to buy 15 supersonic aircraft from Boom; option for 35 more; optimized for 100% SAF

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United and Boom will also work together to accelerate production of greater supplies of SAF. Among the many future potential routes for United are Newark to London in just three and a half hours, Newark to Frankfurt in four hours and San Francisco to Tokyo in just six hours. Capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1.7—twice